3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
Dial C for Comedyby Edgar Governo@pseudohistorianNo one is more surprised than I am to discover that having a plot helps Sound and Fury a great deal.In my review of last year's Dirty Fairy T…
The Shaw announces Festival Theatre's 2014 playbillFestival main stage currently experiencing a hat-trick of audience and critically favoured productionsMedia Release #25Niagara-on-the-…
Sometimes we just like a photo because it captures perfectly the look and the essence of a production - like David Hou's photo, here, of Greg Gale in Taming of the Shrew. This guy has clearl…
O Story, Where Art Thou?by Edgar Governo@pseudohistorianGiven that Offices was written by Ethan Coen, one half of the Coen Brothers (known for movies such as Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowsk…
If I Don't Cry, I'll Laughby Edgar Governo@pseudohistorianBill Pats doesn't know how to be happy.It's not that he can't work his way out of a crisis--he certainly has a lot of experience, as…
Barking MadClive Barker is successful in making us all look a little deeper and ask, "What the fuck?"by Gaëtan L. CharleboisTitle 66 Productions' mission is to move theatre in an exciting…
A truly glorious video for Nocturne, now at the Hamilton Fringe - as haunting as its subject matter.
Lieutenant Broccoliby Edgar Governo@pseudohistorianAt one point in Geek Life, juggler Aji Slater talks about when he was a child bonding with his father over episodes of Star Trek: The Next …
The Theatre of AwfulStories are all around us and we're falling for themby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisI love theatre because, at its best, stories are spun and we cede to them and th…
Undercookedby Edgar Governo@pseudohistorianThe problem with phrasing material in a show as advice is that it can create an adversarial relationship with the audience--no matter how much trut…
Something Transcendentby Estelle RosenKristen Holfeuer is the founder of Kamikaze Archive Theatre which creates and produces inventive, movement-based, performative theatre. She is an origin…
This week it's all about summer fare at summer places all over the country. Like the staple Shirley Valentine - the solo (read: actor's tour de force) about a woman who escapes the humdrum. …
Four Neggings and the Virtualby Edgar Governo@pseudohistorianOff the beaten path, around a corner and down an alley, is the best show I've seen during the Fringe this year.Theatre company Id…
Two Great Tastes Don't Taste Great Togetherby Edgar Governo@pseudohistorianThere may be a problem with your show when the framing device is more entertaining than the ostensible central prem…
Raquel Duffy and Damien Atkins; photo by Cylla von TiedemannCELESTIAL PLAYWRITINGWhy over 20 years on, Angels still has wings.by Christian BainesAngels in America seems to have become the go…
FESTIVAL RESPONDS TO FRINGE SHOW CONTENT CONCERNS WINNIPEG, July 20, 2013 " Last night, concerns were brought forward by a CBC Reviewer about a show at the Winnipeg Fringe. The Fringe …
A Truth Universally Acknowledgedby Edgar Governo@pseudohistorianPenny Ashton makes it all look so easy.In a nimble one-woman show, she alternates between multiple characters taken from the J…
Asked and Answeredby Edgar Governo@pseudohistorianIt would be easy for the subject matter in Ask Aggie - The Advice Diva to come across as trite--many Fringe shows have revolved around both …
Unpleasant Dreams, Everyoneby Edgar Governo@pseudohistorianIf you're not on the same page as a show called Macabre Tales of Horror and Macabreness, you're never going to be.There is nothing …
KUSHNER'S HUMAN HEART, BLOODY AND BOLDjoel fishbaneThe last time I saw Tony Kushner's Angels in America " which has just returned to Toronto for the first time in years - it was at the Natio…
Friends I've Never Metby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreI think everyone here knows how I feel about Facebook: I love it. Yes, there are bits that occasionally shit the bed, and I'm still trying …
It's Sizzlingby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonAll I can think of right now is it is hot. It is damn hot. Summer time in Ottawa is wall to wall festivals. A lot of them are indoors but most…
Gilda Radner's sorta lover"we can't be romantic, you are too important to me in my life"by David SklarRosaruby Kagan (Performer / Adaptor) is a Grotowski based actor and has been perfor…
David Beazeley and Fiona Reid (photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)Entertainment in ExcessSoulpepper's Sloane a dark and campy treatby Christian BainesThere's a fine line in Joe Orton's plays, some…
